South Dublin Stories is a podcast by South Dublin County Council Libraries, aimed at telling the story of South Dublin County through the lens of photographs, documents and objects from our Local Studies Collection. It is supported by the Heritage Council's Heritage Stewardship Fund.

The podcast is researched and presented by historian Liz Gillis, and features different special guests on each episode.

In this episode, Liz talks to Laetitia Lefroy about her memories of growing up in Corkagh House, Clondalkin.

The photograph that is referred to at the start of the episode is available here.

Discover the Corkagh archive donated by Laetitia to South Dublin Libraries on Source.

Liz Gillis has a degree in Modern Irish History and specialises in the Irish Revolutionary period. She is a lecturer at Champlain College Dublin and a researcher on The History Show on RTE Radio. She has also worked as a curator on the RTE 1916 Centenary Project, as a tour guide in Kilmainham Gaol, and as historical consultant on projects including the Custom House Visitor Centre and Hyatt Centric Liberties Hotel. She is the author of several books including Revolution in Dublin: A Photographic History 1916-1923, Women of the Irish Revolution, and May 25: Burning of the Custom House 1921. She was the recipient of the Dublin City Lord Mayor’s Award in 2018 for her contribution to history and was co-organiser of the online conference to mark the centenary of the burning of the Custom House in May 1921.

She was South Dublin County Council's Decade of Centenaries Historian in Residence.

Liz believes in telling the national story from the local perspective and is passionate about getting people interested in history.

Podcast recorded at Contact Studio, Tallaght and edited by Bryan Fleming.